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Neptune

Direct liquid cooling: density and energy efficiency for the AI era — up to 40% energy saved.

FOCUS · HEAT, RETHOUGHTWarm water in the servers: AI density without boiling the room (nor the bill)
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01 · What it is

Neptune liquid cooling, made clear.

Modern GPUs heat beyond what air can handle: Neptune is Lenovo's direct water cooling — the water (even warm, up to 45°C) passes directly over CPUs and GPUs, removes the heat at the source and cuts up to 40% of the cooling's energy consumption. Extreme density becomes sustainable, even in the existing rooms.

−40%
the cooling energy saved: the bill says thanks
45°C
the warm inlet water: no chillers, free cooling almost everywhere
100%
the heat removed by liquid on the full-Neptune configs: the silent room
Neptune liquid cooling
OFFICIAL LENOVO BRANDING · NEPTUNE
FOTO UFFICIALE LENOVO · THINKSYSTEM SC777 V4 NEPTUNE
OFFICIAL LENOVO PHOTO · THINKSYSTEM SC777 V4 NEPTUNE
02 · How to use it well

The things that make the difference.

The circuit

High-density CPUs & GPUswhere the heat is born
Cold plates
Rack manifolds
CDU
the contact · the backbone · the exchange
Warm water in/outthe cycle's efficiency
Heat reuse possiblethe energy that heats offices
The heat taken at the source

The room evaluated first

Plumbing, flow rates and flooring: liquid cooling is designed with the plant, not afterwards.

The energy TCO

PUE and bill simulated on YOUR case: the liquid pays for itself — we show when.

Planned density

50-100 kW racks: the AI concentrated where air would stop at 15.

Operating the circuit

Water quality, maintenance and monitoring: the plumbing enters the runbooks.

03 · In depth

Liquid cooling: why the liquid wins

Neptune is Lenovo's direct water cooling (sixth generation): the plates bring the warm water (up to 45°C inlet: no chillers, a dry cooler suffices) onto CPUs, GPUs, RAM and VRMs capturing up to 98% of the heat, the SC750/SC777 racks cool the densest HPC/AI nodes (the TDPs beyond 700W per socket can no longer be air-cooled), the PUE drops toward 1.1 and the recovered heat warms the offices in the virtuous projects.

  • Warm water — 45°C inlet: the chiller leaves the project
  • 98% — the heat captured by liquid: the air is almost unneeded
  • TDP estremi — 700W+ GPUs cooled: AI density made possible
  • PUE ~1,1 — the efficiency the air-cooled data centers dream of
  • Heat reuse — the heat that warms the buildings: concrete ESG
  • 6a generazione — Neptune mature: not an experiment, a product
04 · Numbers and lifecycle

The numbers that matter.

1,1
the achievable PUE
-40%
the cooling energy saved
45°C
the inlet water: free cooling almost everywhere
700W+
the TDPs per socket handled
AI density demands the liquid: thermal assessment, room and energy TCO — the Neptune project is done with those who know how.
05 · Use cases

Where it really pays off.

AI & HPC clusters

The dense GPUs without thermal limits.

Rooms at the limit

More power in the same room, the same electrical plant.

Sustainability

The kWh (and the decibels) cut at the source.

The AI era is also won in plumbing: Neptune cools at the source — we design the circuit.